With ICD-10 delay, the first question on most minds is, “Now what?” The team of TrustHCS experts and consultants who have spent the past several years helping organizations train and prepare for this change share the following recommendations as part of...

With almost a year left until we transition to ICD-10, CMS has launched a full ICD-10 Implementation Guide! The guide provides various resources, downloads and best practices for making the transition successful. For example, the following are a few upcoming steps...

ICD-10 continues to morph healthcare operations. We’ve seen the increased demand for coding professionals to include an additional 23% demand on top of a 30% deficit before ICD-10 was even considered (see State of HIM report). Now an in-depth article has been...

The recent State of HIM report from TrustHCS and the AHIMA Foundation revealed some interesting trends and statistics. In conjunction with the release of the report in May, AHIMA Foundation Executive Director William Rudman, PhD, RHIA, discussed other trends and...

We are well on our way to moving through the second quarter of 2013. This is the time many identified they would begin dual coding for ICD-10. Let the drop in coder productivity commence! As we look forward to the next few years making it through the big ICD-10...

The need to augment staff before, during, and after the transition to ICD-10 should be a top revenue cycle issue and HIM priority (if it isn’t already for your organization). To effectively transition to ICD-10, staffing augmentation plans must be developed now,...